18.03.2011 - Three firms take lead on Qatar's stake in Spain's Iberdrola

Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and leading Spanish firm Uría Menéndez are advising on state-backed Qatar Holdings' acquisition of a 6.2 percent stake in Spanish power company Iberdrola for $2.82 billion, according to U.K. publication Legal Week.
Representing Bilbao-based Iberdrola, one of the largest private electric utilities and renewable energy operators in the world, is A&O corporate partner Richard Browne in London and Madrid office managing partner Iñigo Gómez-Jordana. The firm previously advised Iberdrola on its $22.5 billion acquisition of Scottish Power in 2006..............................................Full Article: Source